KANSAS CITY (KS)
Associated Press
April 2, 2019
A criminal trial of a priest charged with molesting a child has been delayed until at least summer.
The trial of Rev. Scott Kallal was set to begin April 15 in Wyandotte County District Court. But a hearing last week, the court granted Kallal’s request for more time. A status conference is set of June 7.
Kallal was charged in in 2017 with two felony counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. He has pleaded not guilty.
He was suspended from public priestly ministry in 2017 as associate pastor at Holy Spirit Church in Overland Park.
In January, Kallal was on a list of 22 priests the Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas said have had substantiated allegations of sexual abuse of minors made against them in the past 75 years.
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